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Pithing Needle 
Artifact
Oracle Text
As this artifact enters, choose a card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Pithing Needle, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage | 67 | 1 | 805 | 1.1 |
| Modern | 81 | 1 | 634 | 1 |
| Legacy | 23 | 1 | 462 | 1.1 |
| Pioneer | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 463
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Pithing Needle
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix - 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Zuran Orb
$2.49
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.83 0.80 tix
- 4 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.15 tix
- 4 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum of Ugin$2.50 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 6 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (22)
- 4 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 1 Gifts Ungiven
$5.31
0.02 tix - 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix - 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 4 Master Transmuter
$4.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Duplicant
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Triskelion
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Myr Battlesphere
$0.22
0.02 tix - 1 Sundering Titan
$0.77
0.02 tix - 2 Goblin Welder
$21.61
5.06 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (18)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 4 Chromatic Lantern
$0.86
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 2 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix - 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Aegis of the Gods
$0.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindslaver
$2.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
$35.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix - 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.75
3.18 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 2 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.52
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix - 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.84
0.05 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.02
0.23 tix
- 1 Heritage Druid
$3.02
0.23 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 3 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 1 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.22
0.03 tix
Sorceries (12)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Progenitus
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Worldspine Wurm
$2.79
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Gurmag Angler
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Coercive Portal
$9.92
0.02 tix
- 2 Staff of Nin
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Duplicant
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Hellkite
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$26.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (22)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.63
15.08 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 4 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.53 tix
- 3 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Gurmag Angler
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
$35.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 2 Chief Engineer
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Renowned Weaponsmith
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 3 Grand Architect
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 3 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 2 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 2 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 4 Cursecatcher
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 1 Rootwater Diver
$0.35
0.05 tix
- 1 Sage of Epityr
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 4 Judge's Familiar
$0.19
0.03 tix
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Detention Sphere
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Helm of Possession
$5.06
0.12 tix
- 1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Manriki-Gusari
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 4 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Fire Covenant
$0.33
0.13 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$3.99
1.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Perish
$0.40
4.70 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Urborg Justice
$3.22
0.25 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Aetherling
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
